Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression

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Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression

Bacolod City. (Photo by Owen S. Bayog / bulatlat.com)

Baguio City. (Photo by Noel Godinez / Nordis/bulatlat.com)

Cebuanos troop to the streets to denounce Arroyo. (Photo by Ritche Salgado / bulatlat.com)

Arroyo, Cebu’s protesters say, is a liar. (Photo by Ritche Salgado / bulatlat.com)

Transport groups in Cebu also hold a strike the same day of the Sona. (Photo by Ritche Salgado / bulatlat.com)

Davaoenos come out strongly against Arroyo. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

House Speaker Prospero Nograles is also the obejct of Davaoenos’ ire. (Photo by Keith Bacongco / AKP Images)

Davaoenos poke Gloria effigy with sticks. (Photo by Ruby Thursday More / AKP Images)

Effigy burning on Commonwealth: Burn, Gloria, burn! (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Protesting in the rain. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

A tribal protester among the crowd. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Dancing in the rain. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Gloria going to the dogs. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Rapt attention: Listening to Kabataan Rep. Mong Palatino. (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Liar, liar, Gloria on fire! (Photo by Raymund B. Villanueva / bulatlat.com)

Anti-Arroyo protesters make their sentiment known. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Progresssive doctors diagnose Arroyo’s ills. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Arroyo’s effigy goes up in flames. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

(Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Despite the heavy rain, thousands of Filipinos protested along Commonwealth and elsewhere acrosss the country. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Gabriela Rep. Liza Maza’s wears a political statement on her skirt. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Party-list representatives onstage after they walked out of Congress. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Danilo Ramos of the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

An effigy of President Arroyo being torched by protesters on Commonwealth. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Protests in Bacolod. (Photo by Owen Bayog / bulatlat.com)

A “rotting” effigy of President Arroyo. It will be burned down this afternoon. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

A child joins the protest along Commonwealth Avenue. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

Protests along Commonwealth Avenue. (Photo by Angelica de Lara / bulatlat.com)

An anti-Arroyo quilt built by members of Gabriela. (Photo by Marya Salamat / bulatlat.com)

July 27, 2009, 6:36 PM

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Arroyo’s Last Sona: 9 Years of Scandals, Corruption and Repression

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